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A team player, Cook knew when to step back and delegate reponsibilities.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 29, 2026

“I’ve learned to delegate and let other people take over.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026

The court may specify how that disposal will happen, or it may delegate that decision to a person appointed to carry out the order.

From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026

As AI begins building AI, the country that trusts its models most can delegate the most and compound the fastest.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026

Before taking the signatures, the personal delegate of the president of the republic tried to read the act of surrender aloud, but Colonel Aureliano Buendía was against it.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Nearly half the 55 delegates to the Constitutional Convention were slaveholders.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

More than a month of talks ended on August 22 with the delegates overwhelmingly backing plans to combine the office of prime minister and the largely ceremonial presidency into a new "executive presidency".

From Barron's ● Aug. 31, 2026

Key to its success was its timing in the final week of the world's largest arts festival which allowed delegates to network, while also "shopping" the city for fresh ideas, talent and shows.

From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026

Cellphones were banned from the ceremony, bags were closely screened and delegates put through a metal detector by a sizable security force.

From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026

Many more delegates switched their votes to Garfield.

From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow

Cuba’s former president and revolutionary leader, Raúl Castro, also 95, has delegated much of the negotiations with the U.S. to the younger generations of his family, including a son and grandson.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 24, 2026

Lunetta pointed out that hospitals "have repetitive tasks" which "could be delegated to a good robot".

From Barron's ● Jun. 19, 2026

And an executive order signed by President Barack Obama in 2012 delegated this authority to the secretary of defense.

From Slate ● Jun. 5, 2026

“I don’t see where Harmeet Dhillon has the experience or the normal level of authority that this would be delegated to,” the official said.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 28, 2026

So finally they delegated me to tell him that he needed to take a bath more often.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer

In theory, we could able to liberate ourselves of dull, menial tasks, such as replying to emails, going to meetings or managing calendars and diaries, by delegating these to capable bots.

From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026

Wasn’t it true, a juror asked, that he had taken to delegating tasks to subordinates in recent years?

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026

Supervision of an agency is necessary to comply with the private nondelegation doctrine, a constitutional principle that prohibits Congress and agencies from delegating authority to private parties without sufficient government oversight.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026

He has also espoused a more collegiate style of governance, delegating some particularly sensitive topics to his senior clergy.

From Barron's ● May 6, 2026

He was delegating the red rubber bands to Laney when his mom called to him from the kitchen.

From "The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street" by Karina Yan Glaser